- Woman battling alcohol issues faces eviction July 28, 2017 - Our agent contacted us about a woman who frustrated with the lack of support in her area took it upon herself to fight her alcohol addiction. Doing this on her own meant that she missed an appointment with the Job Centre so they sanctioned her. This meant that her rent and council tax support also… Continue Reading
- Woman needs urgent help after bank closes account over fear of fraudulent activity by a third party July 26, 2017 - We were urgently contacted today, asking help for a lady who has had her bank account closed by her bank as they claim that there has been fraudulent activity on her bank account by a third party. She is on Universal Credit, and has been assisted in submitting a claim for DLA for her children,… Continue Reading
- Help for young mum following the sudden unexpected death of her husband July 26, 2017 - We were approached for help for a young mum with a 5 year old daughter. The woman's husband had gone overseas briefly with friends as part of a celebration, but had suffered a heart attack and died. The woman has no access to money as she works part time and the work is casual, so… Continue Reading
- Homeless man who was sofa surfing now back onto the streets July 26, 2017 - We were approached by our agent asking for help for a man she has been assisting. He had been sofa surfing with his two friends, a husband and wife. Sadly the husband has now died and the fact that they were all sofa surfing with friends has now been detected and this is not allowed… Continue Reading
- Job Seeker released from hospital is sanctioned July 24, 2017 - We were contacted about a young man that had been sanctioned on his Job Seekers payments because he failed to attend a Job Centre Interview, the reason he missed it was because he was in hospital. This meant his only source of income stopped so he was without money for food, gas or electric. We… Continue Reading
- Lady with mental health issues kicked off ESA July 24, 2017 - Our client is a lady in her late forties who has been on Employment Support Allowance for a long time due to mental issues. In April she was assessed again as part of her renewal of her ESA Application and refused ESA. This meant her ESA payments stopped leaving her only with her PIP payments.… Continue Reading
- Teacher in need of our help July 19, 2017 - Our agents contacted us about a qualified teacher who has been battling depression for the past 15 years. He has been doing some supply teaching but it is only a day here and there. He is currently claiming Universal Credit for a single person, yet has shared responsibility for his 11 year old son. Consequently… Continue Reading
- Mandatory Reconsideration failure for ESA July 19, 2017 - Our Client is a lady who failed her ESA Assessment in April and was consequently found fit for work. Her mental health is not good, and when she phoned up the DWP to query this, she believed she was doing the Mandatory Reconsideration for her ESA assessment, but they told her it had to be… Continue Reading
- Help us raise money with Easyfundraising! July 14, 2017 - Contrary to popular belief there is a "magic money tree" and it is called easyfundraising.org.uk.Sign up with the website easyfundraising.org.uk and register The Biscuit Fund as your cause to begin raising donations every time you shop online with a retailer who gives donations. Just 10 of us have already raised over 130 pounds without really… Continue Reading
- Panic move for family July 12, 2017 - We were contacted a few hours ago about a family that were evicted from their home yesterday, who have been offered a new place to live, but they need to move today. Our agent managed to convince the landlord to allow them to stay last night so at least they weren't out on the streets.… Continue Reading